This is not a new issue. For a long time we have heard of self-healing, or the ability of the human body to heal itself. Now, Dr. Lissa Rankin has published a book entitled “The Cure for the Mind: Scientific Proof of the Triumph of the Mind on Medicine. “where you use this approach.
What Dr. Lissa Rankin is doing is bringing the eternal puzzle of placebo medications. It is clear that, for science, a person’s suggestion acts as a self-healing mechanism. The little that has been studied is how to make this mechanism work.
- “Diseases are an attempt at self-healing.
- A biological response to survival in the face of an emotionally uncontrollable event.
- -Christian Arrow-.
How does the body heal itself? This is the central question of Lissa Rankin’s research. His book talks about six essential steps for the body to heal itself voluntarily. It also highlights the main measures to build a ‘preventive’ in terms of physical health.
In 1957 a case was documented that became paradigmatic compared to the famous placebos. Philip West treated a patient whose surname was Wright, had lymphosarcoma, which is a form of cancer, the disease was well advanced and had already metastasized into several areas of his body, the man was in a terminal condition.
However, Mr Wright had heard of an experimental drug called Krebiozen, he insisted all the time with his doctor to apply it, Wright was unable to enter the experiment, but his insistence was so great, almost imploring, that the doctor accepted, knowing that he was only a few days old.
West applied Krebiozen on Friday. On Monday, the patient was alive and had no symptoms of pain or other discomfort; during the exam, their tumors were reduced by 50%. The most shocking thing is that a study later appeared declaring that the drug was unnecessary. sick again. Then the doctor tricked him, told him that there was a new version of this drug, much more effective, applied distilled water to it and the patient improved again.
Despite all the evidence, the American Medical Association did not want to give more credibility to the facts, revealed that West had deceived his patient, when he found out, got sick again and never recovered, there are many similar cases. These are the ones Lissa Rankin took for her study.
What Lissa Rankin did was begin to document the large number of cases in which the placebo effect had taken effect, covering several serious diseases: cancer, hypothyroidism, diabetes, ulcers and even baldness and HIV.
He also found several experiments in which, for example, patients who were receiving chemotherapy were reported, in fact, they were receiving a placebo. Still, people lost their hair and vomited constantly after receiving the substance, all of which led Lissa Rankin to postulate, no doubt, that she is able to cure the body.
In particular, it has shown that if the conditions are created so that the patient thinks he will be well, he will be fine. The body receives this command, this instruction from the brain and acts accordingly. On the other hand, if you think you’re sick, you’ll be sick.
Dr. Lissa Rankin refers to several ways that help the body become more effective in this self-healing process, however, he fundamentally insists on two elements that he considers definitive in this task.
The first element is preventive medicine, which encompasses all the healthy practices that are integrated into everyday life, and in addition to their concrete effect on the body, these lifestyles make people feel healthy and, in these conditions, are not very receptive to the disease.
The second aspect has to do with stress. According to Dr. Lissa Rankin, stress in all its forms has excessively harmful effects on the mind and body. Stress negatively activates what your doctor calls the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. It’s the way the body reacts to a threat, but the body can’t. distinguishes whether it is a relational problem or an earthquake, and lives them the same way.
Although studies of Lissa Rankin have not been formally approved, most doctors agree with it and say that the effectiveness of the so-called placebo effect is a fact. It would be good for everyone to have new studies and research in this area.